I am the people, I’m not the pig. You got to make a distinction. And the people are going to have to attack the pigs. The people are going to have to stand up against the pigs. That’s what the Panthers is doing, that’s what the Panthers are doing all over the world.
FRED HAMPTONLet me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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Everything would be alright if everything was put back in the hands of the people, and we’re going to have to put it back in the hands of the people.
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We say it’s no longer a question of violence or non-violence. We say it’s a question of resistance to fascism or non-existence within fascism.
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Why don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?
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You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
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We’re not a racist organization, because we understand that racism is an excuse used for capitalism, and we know that racism is just – it’s a byproduct of capitalism.
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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I’m not afraid to say I’m at war with the pigs.
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If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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You don’t miss the water ‘til the well runs dry.
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We don’t need no culture except revolutionary culture. What we mean by that is a culture that will free you.
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We’ve got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don’t fight racism with racism. We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity.
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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.
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The people that we’re asking for peace, they’re a bunch of megalomaniac warmongers and they don’t even understand what peace means.
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You don’t fight fire with fire. You fight fire with water. We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity. We’re not gonna fight capitalism with Black capitalism. We’re gonna fight capitalism with socialism. Socialism is the people. If you’re afraid of socialism, you’re afraid of yourself.
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We’re going to fight racism not with racism, but we’re going to fight with solidarity. We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism
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